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Metal surface treatment process plays a crucial role in product design. It can not only enhance the appearance and functionality of products, but also realize the innovative ideas of designers and enhance the market competitiveness of products. With the development of technology, future metal surface treatment processes will bring more possibilities and innovative space for product design. Overview of Surface Treatment Processes Definition of Surface Treatment Surface treatment technology refers to a series of techniques that use physical, chemical, or mechanical means to process the surface of metal materials in order to change their surface properties. These technologies include but are not limited to cleaning, polishing, coating, heat treatment, etc., with the aim of improving the corrosion resistance, wear resistance, aesthetics, or other specific physical and chemical properties of materials…

Any metal production will need a form of surface treatment before arrived to user side. A bare metal will easily be oxidized or rusted if no proper surface treatment applied. We collected a list of common solutions for metal parts surface treatment for quick view. 1. Electroplating: Commonly used metal parts are electroplated with zinc, nickel, chromium, copper, etc., which has the functions of anti-corrosion, improving wear resistance, and enhancing aesthetics, etc. 2. Anodizing: Commonly used for aluminum alloy surface treatment, it is an essential process 3. Blackening treatment: can maintain the dimensional accuracy of parts, anti-corrosion and beautiful appearance 4. Spray painting: mainly for corrosion protection of exterior parts, such as racks, etc. 5. Polishing: Polishing refers to a processing method that uses mechanical, chemical or electrochemical effects to…

Teflon(known as Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE) is a polymer formed by the close combination of carbon atoms and fluorine atoms. Because of its excellent chemical stability, high temperature resistance, low coefficient of friction and excellent insulation properties, it is known as the "King of Plastics" In addition to polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), there are other related fluoroplastics, i.e. plastics with fluorine (F)! Including PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), ETFE (ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer), FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene copolymer), PFA (perfluoroalkylate) and PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) are all fluoroplastics, that is, polymer materials containing fluorine atoms, which have their own characteristics in chemical structure, physical properties and applications. Below is a table list of 5 Teflon materials with its basic characteristics Performance/Materials PTFE(polytetrafluoroethylene) ETFE(Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer) FEP(Fluorinated ethylene propylene copolymer) PFA(Perfluoroalkylated substances) PVDF(Polyvinylidene fluoride） Chemical resistance A+ A A A+ A-…

Plasma surface activation is a widely used technology in materials science and engineering, and its main role is to change the material surface properties through plasma treatment, so as to improve its adhesion, wettability, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. With the help of plasma surface treatment before spraying: remove various impurities (such as oil stains, rust, floating ash, old paint layer, etc.) adhered to the surface of the object, and give excellent substrates suitable for spraying standards to ensure that the coating has excellent corrosion resistance, decorative performance and some special effects. Thus plasma treatment on the object surface is crucial for high end spray painting. Plasma Activation Principle The plasma used in the process is a positively charged gas that contains many particles such as electrons, ions, free radicals,…

Dust-free clean room, also known as clean workshop or clean room is a specially designed room that excludes particles from the air within a certain space range, harmful air, bacteria and other pollutants, and controls the indoor temperature, cleanliness, indoor pressure, air velocity and air flow distribution, illumination and static electricity within a certain range of requirements. No matter how the room out air conditions change, the interior can maintain the characteristics of cleanliness, temperature, humidity and pressure as per setting. Clean room is a crucial part for paint shop construction. The classification of dust-free workshop is mainly divided according to the number of dust particles in workshop atmosphere. According to the international standard ISO 14644-1, clean rooms can be divided into the following classes: ISO Class 1: No more…

For metal and especially heavy metal parts coating like truck/automotive components, shot blasting and sandblasting are two popular solutions for surface cleaning treatment, but they have differences in working principle, application, and final results are also different. In this article post we will introduce and compare the two from the most concerned points and help select the appropriate solution in actual practice. Working Principles Shot blasting is processed by a high-speed shot blasting agent (such as steel grit, aluminum sand, etc.) onto the workpiece surface under the action of compressed air or mechanical force, use the force impact and friction of shot blasting agent to remove dirt, oxide layer or old coating, while improving the surface quality. Sandblasting makes use of compressed air as the power to form a high-speed…

The use of industrial robots in manufacturing industry is increasing, especially in harsh conditions or with high work intensity and sustainability requirements. Plus the low rate failure, makes robots widely recognized. However, even the design of industrial robot is standardized, integration is quite high and the failure rate is low, routine inspections and preventive maintenance must still be carried out regularly. Common robots like: tandem articulated robots, Cartesian coordinate robots, Delta parallel robots, scara robots, automatic guided trolleys, etc., the maintenance in this article is mainly for articulated robots. Maintenance of industrial robot body General maintenance 1) Clean the manipulator Regularly clean the base and arm of the manipulator; High-pressure cleaning equipment can be used, but direct injection into the robot should be avoided; If the manipulator is protected by…

Electrophoresis coating(E-coating) is a popular surface treatment technology which is widely used for iron, steel, alloy alluminum and almost all hardware production. However, it's not an easy work to have the process well going as it requires professional technologies and personal experience over the various equipments. In this article we will briefly introduce the process control of electrophoresis coating. Electrophoretic coating process The basic procedures of electrophoresis coating including: Loading → ultrasonic degreasing → water rinsing → pure water rinsing → pure water rinsing → electrophoretic coating → pure water rinsing → pure water rinsing → pure water washing → drying → unloading. Key points for process control in each stage 1. After the workpiece is formed and before loading to coating system, the surface should be wired or chemically…

The automotive coating process belongs to decorative and protective multi-layer coating, which includes the most processes and the highest coating quality requirements for automotive finishing. General coating process system According to the layer of coating, commonly used coating process system include: Two coating systems (primer + topcoat); Three-coating system (primer + middle coat + topcoat or metallic glitter paint/varnish); Four-coating system (primer + middle coat + topcoat + varnish, suitable for luxury cars with higher coating requirements). Generally, the mostly used is the three-coating system, it's widely used for the body of the car, bus and the cab of the truck with high decorative requirements. According to the drying conditions, its available as drying system and self-drying system. The drying system is suitable for automobile coating produced by mass assembly…

In surface finishing industry, sometimes we need to give metallic treatment for different materials. Normally we use vacuum metallization or electro plating directly, but if we need to apply a specific design to surface, these solutions are not perfect and we need to source another way called "gold stamping". Gold stamping overview Gold stamping or sometimes known as hot stamping. The process uses the principle of hot pressure transfer to transfer the anodized aluminum layer onto substrate surface to form a special metallic effect. Becase the main material used for stamping is anodized aluminum foil, gold stamping is also called anodized aluminum hot stamping. The most commonly used in printing industry is to hot stamp electrochemical aluminum foil on paper, which is called gold stamping. It is a general term…